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the clearances, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon said he got his clearance in 2008. that sounds like a big deal and it is unless you consider that about 5 million people have a secret clearance. so it's a low level secret clearance. it's good for ten years. now, he had had one run-in with the police in 2008 when he got the clearance. four years earlier he had a run-in with police when he shot the tires out of a car. but he was never convicted and had two other run-ins in georgia and texas. none of those ended in convictions. so either the military at the time he got his clearance in 2008 either wasn't concerned or wasn't aware of that encounter in seattle, and then the additional run ins don't jeopardize the clearance and the va tells us that it would have been illegal to report he sought psychiatric treatment. so he kept his clearances. then when he went to work for the private contractor, they verified he had the clearance, but they were accurately told that he did. now, a couple of members of congress are now saying we need to look at this, he should have never ha
the clearances, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon said he got his clearance in 2008. that sounds like a big deal and it is unless you consider that about 5 million people have a secret clearance. so it's a low level secret clearance. it's good for ten years. now, he had had one run-in with the police in 2008 when he got the clearance. four years earlier he had a run-in with police when he shot the tires out of a car. but he was never convicted and had two other run-ins in georgia and texas. none...
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according to the pentagon 23 of them are now being force fed which is quite a sight. at his news conference yesterday the president was confronted with this. he reiterated his conviction the facility down there at gitmo should be closed. that's an ideal thing. he doesn't tell us how. let's watch. >> gawn tauantanamo is not nece to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. itlessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. and i'm going to re-engage with congress to try to make the case that this is not something that's in the best interest of the american people. >> well, all this may be in the best interest of the american people, but the problem of what to do with the detainees down there remains. there seems to be no good solutions right now. maybe we'll get some in a minute. morris davis former chief prosecutor for terrorism trials. dan kleinman, very respected writer, wrote "kill or capture." i want you both to get in on
according to the pentagon 23 of them are now being force fed which is quite a sight. at his news conference yesterday the president was confronted with this. he reiterated his conviction the facility down there at gitmo should be closed. that's an ideal thing. he doesn't tell us how. let's watch. >> gawn tauantanamo is not nece to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. itlessens cooperation with our allies on...
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slash spending, short the pentagon. crew up traffic control whatever raises the noise level, bashes the democrats and lowers hope. is this the tea party dream? is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such damage and moral to the people. democrat ed rendell and republican michael steele. gentlemen, i want to start with you, michael, because i know you will disagree with me and that's what this is about. i read a lot of good reporting today, not analysis, but good reporting from your side of the aisle, further right than you i believe, that says, great, let's have sequestration. l
slash spending, short the pentagon. crew up traffic control whatever raises the noise level, bashes the democrats and lowers hope. is this the tea party dream? is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster,...
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. >> of all the great cover-ups in history, we're talking about the pentagon papers, the iran/contra, watergate, and all the rest of them. this, i said back on november 28th on fox, is going to go down as the most serious, most egregious cover-up in american history. people may be starting to use the "i" word before too long. >> oh, okay. the "i" word meaning impeachment? >> yeah. >> danielle, is that farfetched to you? >> yes. i think that what he said was silly, but i also think that by trotting out all of these strawmen, you're failing to address the central problem here which is "a" the ft. of the united states went out when he knew there was a terrorist attack. and he said that it was all about a demonstration and a youtube video. the ambassador to the u.n. did the same thing. so did hillary clinton. i'm less excited about the talking points and much more excited about why they felt the need to lie for five days to the american people. if that doesn't merit an investigation, i don't know what does. >> i can't let it past that you used lie word. lie assumes malice aforethought. li
. >> of all the great cover-ups in history, we're talking about the pentagon papers, the iran/contra, watergate, and all the rest of them. this, i said back on november 28th on fox, is going to go down as the most serious, most egregious cover-up in american history. people may be starting to use the "i" word before too long. >> oh, okay. the "i" word meaning impeachment? >> yeah. >> danielle, is that farfetched to you? >> yes. i think that what...
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the pentagon is sending uss george washington and other navy ships to that region. >>> secretary of state kerry will brief a senate panel later on this week on failed talks with iran over disputed nuclear program. lawmakers are weighing whether tougher sanctions are needed. back to "hardball." ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." republicans have a problem. there's no one in their party right now to appeals to the political middle of this country. the one guy who might, chris christie, is getting pummelled by the tea party right. joe carr borrow is out with a book called "the right path from ike to reagan." joe writes a tough critique of today's republican party and says the party can get right back on the track by following a pragmatic of ike and reagan. republicans need to broaden their appeal as those two did so successfully. they did buy compromising when necessary. he writes, quote, the kinds of compromises that led to historical greatness. at this present too imin the past or future without himself which is a great argument for being on this planet. you cannot be replaced. although t
the pentagon is sending uss george washington and other navy ships to that region. >>> secretary of state kerry will brief a senate panel later on this week on failed talks with iran over disputed nuclear program. lawmakers are weighing whether tougher sanctions are needed. back to "hardball." ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." republicans have a problem. there's no one in their party right now to appeals to the political middle of this country. the one...
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he's the guy that -- some sort of pumping action blew up the world trade centers and the pentagon. he did it. that's what this nut case believes. anyway, thank you, roxana green and for your family we can only ex prus our sympathy again and former governor ed rendell thank you for your guts. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of taking multivitamins. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. always your most complete. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." first jon stewart trips to grapple with the house republicans who voted against hurricane sandy relief money. it's not easy. >> couple months ago america was hit by two maj
he's the guy that -- some sort of pumping action blew up the world trade centers and the pentagon. he did it. that's what this nut case believes. anyway, thank you, roxana green and for your family we can only ex prus our sympathy again and former governor ed rendell thank you for your guts. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of...
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revenge for 9/11, so let's attack iraq even though it was al qaeda that hit the twin towers and the pentagon. we have to attack iraq because we've got evidence they have weapons of mass destruction, wmd, even if there's no evidence they have nuclear weapons and it would turn out they didn't have chemical or biological either. we have to attack iraq, the hawks, they promised it would bring peace between israel and the palestinians. the road to jerusalem runs through baghdad it was said. what we've got instead is the loss of even a chance for peace in the middle east. well, tonight the people who sold america the iraq war are out selling more warfare in the middle east. they want military action against syria, they want war waged against syria, and they want chuck hagel out of the way. why? because he's just the kind of guy who will ask, what should we have asked when "w" took us to war in iraq? is this really the smart thing to do for us? we've got peter beinart right now with the daily beast and sam stein with "the huffington post." thank you. i have been reading your stuff. sam, you quoted
revenge for 9/11, so let's attack iraq even though it was al qaeda that hit the twin towers and the pentagon. we have to attack iraq because we've got evidence they have weapons of mass destruction, wmd, even if there's no evidence they have nuclear weapons and it would turn out they didn't have chemical or biological either. we have to attack iraq, the hawks, they promised it would bring peace between israel and the palestinians. the road to jerusalem runs through baghdad it was said. what...
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did he seem competent to run the pentagon? there were a lot of questions even among democrats after that hearing whether he's ready. >> i don't disagree with that. i think hagel had a really poor performance. what i'm saying is for these senators -- if you looked at what ted cruz was asking about, association with an israeli diplomat that basically 99.9% of the country has never heard of, what was the point of that? he ended up actually stepping on hagel's bad day by taking some of the spotlight away from him. >> let's go after some of the questioning, because i disagree with you and i agree with you. >> not surprised about that. >> what? >> i said i'm not surprised you agree. >> was that sarcasm? let's talk about lindsey graham. when you ask a guy who had already recanted his argument about the power of the israeli lobby, obviously enormously influential lobby like the nra, heavily funded, heavily activated, strong people with strong minds, everybody knows they're influential, that's why they're there. to say which senator do
did he seem competent to run the pentagon? there were a lot of questions even among democrats after that hearing whether he's ready. >> i don't disagree with that. i think hagel had a really poor performance. what i'm saying is for these senators -- if you looked at what ted cruz was asking about, association with an israeli diplomat that basically 99.9% of the country has never heard of, what was the point of that? he ended up actually stepping on hagel's bad day by taking some of the...
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those who don't want this man as pentagon chief will stop at nothing. they're trying to slow the process of his confirmation, anything to give them time to find something to bring the man down. question, who are they try king to bring down? is it president obama's pick for secretary of defense? or is it the man the american people have chosen? is it about a confirmation or a desperate push to undermine the president's second term. listen to those attacking senator hagel and you'll hear the yelps of pain, this motley crew of neocons and the sun belt feel. what they hate, despise, really, is the fact that now in the history books, the american people voting in great numbers reject their war-reich jinglistic notions of what america stands for.
those who don't want this man as pentagon chief will stop at nothing. they're trying to slow the process of his confirmation, anything to give them time to find something to bring the man down. question, who are they try king to bring down? is it president obama's pick for secretary of defense? or is it the man the american people have chosen? is it about a confirmation or a desperate push to undermine the president's second term. listen to those attacking senator hagel and you'll hear the...
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overall temperament, and is he suited to run a department or a big agency or a big entity like the pentagon. >> well, there you go. this is the kind of thing that will drive hagel, and i don't know the guy, i met him a few times, crazy. somebody will say to him in the middle of a hearing, i hear you're always on the defensive. you have a defensive personality. then you defend yourself, and you're being defensive. i hear you have a bad temper. what do you mean i have a bad temper? this is getting rough because all politicians have bad tempers. >> i think in a hearing when people are looking -- >> not all. >> it's a low bar, it's not that hard to maintain -- >> what do you do when a guy says i hear you yell at people in the office? >> maybe you say, look, i'm tough and demanding of my employees, but i expect results, and if somebody's ego is bruised, i apologize, but this is a big boy business. i think i would make the point, maybe he won't, that maybe, what do you think, 95, 98, 100 members of the u.s. senate have a similar rap. >> they don't have a nuclear button. >> that's right but, look,
overall temperament, and is he suited to run a department or a big agency or a big entity like the pentagon. >> well, there you go. this is the kind of thing that will drive hagel, and i don't know the guy, i met him a few times, crazy. somebody will say to him in the middle of a hearing, i hear you're always on the defensive. you have a defensive personality. then you defend yourself, and you're being defensive. i hear you have a bad temper. what do you mean i have a bad temper? this is...
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the senator bucked the question to the pentagon, and here is a look at the letter courtesy of "wired" magazine. i am writing on behalf of a constituent who has contacted me regarding guantanamo bay prisoners receiving post-9/11 gi bill benefits. i would appreciate your review and response to my constituent's concern. well, in some alternate reality where the whole thing were true, wouldn't it be more than a single constituent's concern that gi benefits were going to terrorists? anyway, somebody in mcconnell's office called it a humorous misunderstanding. you think? another headline on duffle blog's site reads, syria to host iraq war re-enactors. what people will believe. the gullible out there. >>> up next, the republican party has lurched too far to the right. it's one thing to hear a democrat say it, but a republican? and that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it's not unusual to hear someone say the republican party has become to extreme and unwilling to compromise. millions of voters said that on election day. but when an
the senator bucked the question to the pentagon, and here is a look at the letter courtesy of "wired" magazine. i am writing on behalf of a constituent who has contacted me regarding guantanamo bay prisoners receiving post-9/11 gi bill benefits. i would appreciate your review and response to my constituent's concern. well, in some alternate reality where the whole thing were true, wouldn't it be more than a single constituent's concern that gi benefits were going to terrorists?...
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those who don't want this man as pentagon chief will stop at nothing. they're out there beating the bushes right now for anything that will slow the process of his confirmation, anything that will give them more time to find something they can build enough on to bring the man down. question. who are they trying to bring down? is it president obama's pick for secretary of defense? or is it the man the american people have chosen? is it about a confirmation or a desperate push to undermine the president's second term? listen to those attacking senator hagel, and you hear the yelps of pain this motley crew of neocons and right-wingers from the sun belt feel even though from the american people's choice of last november. what they hate, despise really, is the fact now in the history books that the american people in great numbers reject their war-like jingoistic notions of what america stands for. their problem is not with obama's choice for a cabinet appointment. their problem is with america's choice of who it
those who don't want this man as pentagon chief will stop at nothing. they're out there beating the bushes right now for anything that will slow the process of his confirmation, anything that will give them more time to find something they can build enough on to bring the man down. question. who are they trying to bring down? is it president obama's pick for secretary of defense? or is it the man the american people have chosen? is it about a confirmation or a desperate push to undermine the...